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Vacuum Oil Offers
Scholarships To
ANOTHER incentive towards higher education for Territory children was given by the Deputy Chairman of Vacuum Oil Company Pty. Ltd., Mr. J. D. Rogers, when he was at Goroka, New Guinea, for the inauguration of operation “oil lift” early in December. (See else where.) Mr. Rogers announced that his company would provide two Edu cational Scholarships of £5O each, both for a period of six years, for a boy and a girl, provided the re
cipient continued with his or her education. One scholarship would be granted to a European pupil, and the other would be awarded to an Asian or Mixed Race pupil.
The re are no High Schools in the Territory, and although the Ad ministration contributes a sum of £145 a year towards expenses, parents who want their children to obtain a higher education are faced with a big monetary outlay when equipping them for boarding schools.
U The usual Governor’s bounty of £l5 has been granted to Nunia Lilamona, wife of Kemueli Busa, after the birth of triplets at Navatu, Wainunu, Fiji, on November 1. One of the triplets has since died, but a boy and a girl survive. The bounty will be presented in traditional Fijian fashion.